Upcoming ABC conferences.(Conference news)(Calendar)
UPCOMING ABC CONFERENCES
Conference Location Program Chair
ABC 73rd Annual Hyatt Regency, Lana Carnes
Convention Lake Tahoe Resort . . .
Investigating presentational change in U.K. annual reports: a
longitudinal perspective.(Report)
This article examines structural and format changes in annual
reports of U.K. listed companies from 1965 to 2004 with a particular
focus on graph use. The article compares a new sample of 2004 . . .
Annual report graphic use: a review of the literature.
Corporate annual reports typically include a narrative section and
a financial section. The narrative section is not scrutinized by
auditors as the financial section is, yet many readers rely . . .
Corporate risk reporting: a content analysis of narrative risk
disclosures in prospectuses.(Report)
This study examines whether companies report risk-relevant
information to protective investors. While corporate risk communication
is importantant for the well-functioning of capital markets, our . . .
The mission statement: a corporate reporting tool with a past,
present, and future.(Report)
This article discusses a comprehensive study of the mission
statements of Fortune 1000 higher-performing and lower-performing firms
to assess the current state of the mission statement. After . . .
Introduction to the business communication of corporate
reporting: a special issue.
This special issue of Journal of Business Communication, on the
Business Communication of Corporate Reporting, started as an idea
between Editor Margaret Graham and John Penrose, was given . . .
Upcoming ABC conferences.(Conference news)(Calendar)
UPCOMING ABC CONFERENCES
Conference Location Program Chair
ABC Southwestern U.S. Hyatt Regency Ann Wilson
Conference Houston, Texas . . .
The Economics of Attention: Style and Substance in the Age of
Information.(Book review)
The Economics of Attention: Style and Substance in the Age of
Information, by Richard A. Lanham. Chicago: University of Chicago Press,
2006. 312 pp.
This is a clever, witty, and engaging--if at . . .
The link between leadership style, communicator competence, and
employee satisfaction.
The current study examined the influence of supervisor communicator
competence and leadership style on employee job and communication
satisfaction. Participants were 220 individuals (116 men and . . .
The Indian call center experience: a case study in changing
discourses of identity, identification, and career in a global
conte
This study examines the processes by which workers in a particular
Indian call center located in Kolkata expanded on, negotiated, and chose
among an array of possible, especially new, identities . . .
Signaling corporate strategy in IPO communication: a study of
biotechnology IPOs on the NASDAQ.(Report)
A clear corporate strategy communication can be a signal to
financial analysts and public investors at the time of an initial public
offering (IPO). This study examines IPO prospectuses of 57 . . .
Beautiful Evidence.(Book review)
Beautiful Evidence, by Edward Tufte. Cheshire, CT: Graphics Press
LLC, 2006. 213 pp. DOI: 10.1177/0021943607306139
Beautiful Evidence is Edward Tufte's fourth and latest book
and both follows and . . .
The impact of perceptions of journal quality on business and
management communication academics.(COMMENTARY)
This commentary describes and critiques criteria that, according to
results from an Association for Business Communication (ABC) member
survey, are having an impact on quality judgments about our . . .
A hegemonic model of crisis communication: truthfulness and
repercussions for free speech in Kasky v. Nike.(Report)
This study utilizes the hegemonic model of crisis communication to
critically analyze the ideological implications of Nike's sweatshop
labor crisis that culminated in the Kasky v. Nike court case. . . .
Genre patterns in language-based communication
zones.(Report)
This article modifies and elaborates the language-based
communication zones model. The authors distinguish between potential
zones and activated zones, add MegaZone Two and MegaZone Three to . . .
Sensemaking and identity: the interconnection of storytelling and
networking in a women's group of a large corporation.(Case
stu
Based on the action research model of inquiry, this article is an
interpretive ethnographic case study, exploring the power of narratives
as a sensemaking device for members of a women's resource . . .
The Rhetoric of Risk: Technical Documentation in Hazardous
Environments.(Book review)
The Rhetoric of Risk: Technical Documentation in Hazardous
Environments, by Beverly Sauer. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2003.335
pp. DOI: 10.1177/0021943607301345
In January 2006, four separate . . .
How can we make our research more relevant? Bridging the gap
between workplace changes and business communication research.
Some management scholars argue that academic literature is becoming
less and less relevant to practicing managers. Thomas posits that the
same will be true for business communication if scholars do . . .
Language matters in global communication: article based on ORA
lecture, October 2006.
In the past few decades, it has become widely accepted that the
lingua franca of international business is English; witness the way
companies increasingly choose English as their official . . .
Papers by the corecipients of ABC's Kitty O. Locker
Outstanding Researcher Award: presented at the 2006 Association for
Business
At the plenary session for the 71st annual convention of the
Association for Business Communication (ABC) in San Antonio, Texas, the
organization gathered to hear addresses by the corecipients of . . .
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